Egypt Excursions Online · Sakkara, Memphis and Dahshur
A licensed guide drives you south of Giza to the Step Pyramid at Sakkara, the open-air museum at Memphis and the Bent and Red Pyramids at Dahshur. Pick it because no boat in Cairo shows you a pyramid, and the VIP option ends the day on a felucca.
This is a land trip, and it's on a Nile cruise site for a reason: no dinner boat or felucca in Cairo passes a pyramid. Giza sits on the desert plateau west of the city, and the older pyramid fields run south from there along the desert edge. UNESCO lists the whole strip as one site, Memphis and its Necropolis, the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur.
The full itinerary covers three stops. Dahshur (about an hour) has Sneferu's two pyramids: the Bent Pyramid, whose angle changes halfway up, and the Red Pyramid, 105 m tall and the first smooth-sided pyramid that worked (Wikipedia). Sakkara (about 1.5 hours) has the Step Pyramid of Djoser, built around 2680 BC and Egypt's first large stone building. Memphis (about an hour) was the old capital, now an open-air museum with a 10 m colossus of Ramesses II lying on its back and an alabaster sphinx. Drives between them take 20 to 30 minutes.
Pick your option carefully, because the listing sells six under one name. The shared tour (English only) includes entry tickets but no lunch. The private tour adds other languages and a lunch add-on. Only the VIP private tour covers all four sites, Giza included, plus lunch and a felucca ride, in English. The other options don't include the felucca. The listing also says the trip isn't suitable for wheelchair users.
Your guide collects you from your hotel in Cairo or Giza in an air-conditioned vehicle.
The Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid, where visitors can usually climb down inside.
The Step Pyramid of Djoser and the tombs around it. Entering the pyramid itself needs its own ticket.
The open-air museum at Mit Rahina: the fallen colossus of Ramesses II and the alabaster sphinx.
The VIP private tour adds Giza, lunch and a felucca ride on the Nile.
Timing depends on the option you book.
★★★★★We never felt rushed and had plenty of time to take everything in.
★★★★★The day was absolutely delightful; our guide felt like a member of our family.
★★★★★Exceeded expectations! Alaa is an excellent guide.
★★★★★We had an excellent day.
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Only the VIP private option. It covers all four sites, lunch and a felucca ride, with an English-speaking guide. The shared and standard private options don't include the felucca.
Entry tickets to the landmarks in your option are included, and the shared tour lists them explicitly. Going inside the Step Pyramid needs a separate ticket at Sakkara, so ask before you go.
From 3 to 8 hours, depending on the option. On the full itinerary you spend about 1 hour at Dahshur, 1.5 hours at Sakkara and 1 hour at Memphis, with 20 to 30 minute drives between them.
No. The city's dinner boats and feluccas stay on the river, and the pyramids stand on the desert edge to the west. A day trip like this one is how you see them.
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The Step Pyramid, Memphis and Dahshur with a licensed guide and hotel pickup, and a felucca sail on the VIP option.
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